the long shadow of Mt. Rainier (Bad Astronomer blog) Wow!

[pokerfan]

:wow:

There's a link (as well as an explanation) to a larger (wallpaper sized) image here: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/26/the-long-shadow-of-mt-rainier/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BadAstronomyBlog+%28Bad+Astronomy%29

[kestrel91316]

1. That's all kinds of awesome!

[jimlup]

2. That is the most awesome picture of Rainier I have ever seen! Wow!

And I've stood on her summit a lucky 2 times.

[pokerfan]

4. Me too!

Exactly twice. Once via the Muir route and the other via Kautz Glacier. A third attempt ended about 500 feet below the rim due to high winds. :(

[jimlup]

5. When did you do the Kautz?

I did the Kautz as part of AAI's 10 day mountaineering course back in July '09. Did the Muir route the same year. Made the summit for sunrise August 6th. I had a scrubbed attempt too - July 31 '08 with AAI - same reason - high winds but we were only up to Ingraham Flats.

[pokerfan]

6. 1987

May or June of 1987. I had just made the transition from leather to plastic boots. The Kautz route is elegant, I think because it's just straight up from Paradise. Also a little more technical than the standard route. By elegant, I mean compared with the standard route, but not as elegant as say, Liberty Ridge. :)

[jimlup]

7. Don't know if I could do Liberty Ridge but I might give it a try someday if I get the chance...

My big goal at the moment is the great one - Denali. But we'll see. I won't go unless I'm sure that I am ready!

[pokerfan]

8. Denali

I know people in our club who have done it but I was satisfied with just knocking about the Cascades.

Fun fact: for any given elevation on Denali you are the equivalent of two thousand feet higher barometrically speaking when compared to a Himalayan peak due to Denali's extreme northern latitude. So it's excellent training for the Himalayas.

[Odin2005]

3. Teh AWESOME!!!